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The war's origins began after Japan's defeat in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, which heralded the end to 35 years of Japanese occupation of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied forces</a> on 2 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led to the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">division of Korea</a> into two countries, which were officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The DPRK was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, and the ROK, below the <a href="/wiki/38th_parallel_north" title="38th parallel north">38th Parallel</a>, was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (US). </p><p>Following failed attempts at the unification, North Korea invaded South Korea on 25 June, 1950<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which caused the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) to call a resolution to protect South Korea from further aggression and occupation. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> government of Australia, led by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a>, immediately responded to the resolution by offering military assistance. About 17,000 Australians served in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> in between 1950 and 1953, with casualties numbering about 339 dead and 1200 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soviet forces entered the Korean peninsula on 10 August 1945, followed a few weeks later by the American forces who entered through <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>. US Army Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/John_R._Hodge" title="John R. Hodge">John R. Hodge</a> formally accepted the surrender of Japanese forces south of the 38th Parallel on 9 September 1945 at the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_General_Government_Building,_Seoul" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese General Government Building, Seoul">Japanese General Government Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Appleman_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appleman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although both rival factions had tried initially to diplomatically reunite the divided nation, it was the Northern faction that attempted to do so with military force. Troops from the Soviet backed <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a> (KPA) crossed the 38th Parallel on 25 June 1950, starting a civil war. The invasion of South Korea was an unexpected action in the view of the United Nations. The same day the war had officially begun (25 June), the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> immediately drafted <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 82">UNSC Resolution 82</a>, which called for:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>all hostilities to end and North Korea to withdraw to the 38th Parallel;</li> <li>a UN Commission on Korea to be formed to monitor the situation and report to the Security Council;</li> <li>all UN members to support the United Nations in achieving this, and refrain from providing assistance to the North Korean authorities.</li></ol> <p>With the commitment of Australian forces to the Korean War, the Australian government called for 1000 men who had prior military experience in World War II to enlist in the army for three years, with one year of overseas service in Korea, to be called Korean Force or <b>K-Force.</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A portion of the force was to be recruited in Great Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of their enlistment, personnel recruited from the United Kingdom could elect to be discharged in Australia, or to return to the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their previous military experience in the Second World War would facilitate rapid deployment to Korea. </p><p>When the Korean People's Army crossed into South Korea on 25 June 1950, they advanced for Seoul, which <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">was captured</a> in less than a week. The lightly-armed <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Republic of Korea Army">Republic of Korea Army</a> (ROKA) put up little resistance against the KPA, whereby their forces continued south toward the strategic port of <a href="/wiki/Pusan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pusan">Pusan</a>. Within two days, the United States offered its assistance and the UN Security Council asked its members to help repel the attack under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>, headed by the United States. Australia promptly contributed <a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron RAAF</a> and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a> (3 RAR), both of which were stationed in Japan under the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Occupation_Force" title="British Commonwealth Occupation Force">British Commonwealth Occupation Force</a> (BCOF). </p><p>No. 77 Squadron converted to <a href="/wiki/P-51D_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51D Mustang">P-51D Mustang</a> fighters before arriving in Japan in February 1946 to participate in the BCOF. Occupation duties proved uneventful, and No. 77 Squadron was preparing to leave Japan for Australia when the Korean War broke out and was quickly dispatched to Korea. They became the first UN air unit to enter the war, primarily in ground support, combat air patrol and escort missions. 3 RAR was rapidly committed as Australia's main land force contribution to the UN forces. After a period of intensive training and reinforcement in Japan, the battalion arrived in South Korea in late September 1950. The battalion formed part of the <a href="/wiki/27th_British_Commonwealth_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="27th British Commonwealth Brigade">27th Commonwealth Brigade</a> and took part in the <a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea" title="UN offensive into North Korea">UN offensive into North Korea</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/UN_retreat_from_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="UN retreat from North Korea">UN retreat from North Korea</a> following the Chinese <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Volunteer_Army" title="People's Volunteer Army">People's Volunteer Army</a> (PVA) <a href="/wiki/Second_Phase_Offensive" title="Second Phase Offensive">offensive</a> in the winter of 1950–51. It was one of three units to receive the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation (US)</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Battle of Kapyong</a>. In addition to combat personnel, the Australian military provided the majority of supply and support personnel to BCOF, which was superseded in 1952 by <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Forces_Korea" title="British Commonwealth Forces Korea">British Commonwealth Forces Korea</a> (BCFK). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia's_involvement"><span id="Australia.27s_involvement"></span>Australia's involvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Australia's involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the time 3 RAR arrived in Pusan on 28 September, the KPA was in retreat. Under UN Supreme Commander, General <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a>, UN forces were conducting a successful <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">amphibious assault at Inchon</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Pusan_Perimeter_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Pusan Perimeter Offensive">breakout from the Pusan Perimeter</a> on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula. A steady advance began, <a href="/wiki/UN_September_1950_counteroffensive" class="mw-redirect" title="UN September 1950 counteroffensive">driving the North Koreans northwards</a> towards the 38th Parallel. In October, the UN forces began their advance into North Korea and 3 RAR were involved in its first major action near <a href="/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/220px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/330px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg/440px-Vickers_RAR_Chipyong-ni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Australian soldiers firing a <a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">Vickers machine gun</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg/220px-Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg/330px-Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg/440px-Australian_mortar_men_1952_slnsw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2659" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Australian mortar men, Third Battalion, Korea, 1952, by Norman Herfort</figcaption></figure> <p>By 21 October, the US <a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Infantry Division (United States)">24th Infantry Division</a>, with the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade leading, crossed the <a href="/wiki/Taedong_River" title="Taedong River">Taedong River</a> at Pyongyang and headed north. The next day the Australians of 3 RAR took the lead in the advance, and C Company was the leading company. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Yongyu">Battle of Yongyu</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Battle of Yongyu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Battle of Yongyu</a></div> <p>At 07:00 on 22 October 1950, C Company, 3 RAR advanced with 7 Platoon leading, mounted on tanks of D Company, US 89th Tank Battalion, followed by the rest of the company in motorized transport. At 09:00 and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Yongyu, C Company came under fire from an apple orchard on the slopes of Hill 163 in YD 2354 (map grid location). It became apparent that C Company had driven into KPA which was in the process of forming up an attack on the Americans. At 09:30, 7 and 8 Platoons attacked the high ground east of the road, with 9 Platoon in reserve holding the road and northern flank.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The attacking platoons advanced uphill through the apple trees and, although outnumbered, the Australians pressed their attack. The platoons continued on to their objective, which was the vital ground. The KPA outposts were captured with comparatively little resistance, with the KPA's attention directed north around efforts to break out past the American forces. Thereafter, with the KPA's focus elsewhere, the advance by C Company was met with disorganized resistance.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Australians reported approximately 150 KPA killed, 239 wounded, and 200 captured as a result of the action at a cost of seven wounded. The operations in <a href="/wiki/Suncheon,_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncheon, South Korea">Sunchon</a> had achieved much more. The American 187 RCT claimed 3818 KPA captured, 805 killed, and 681 wounded for the loss of 46 jump casualties and 65 battle casualties. Despite heavy casualties, several hundred KPA remained in and around the battlefield. However, with the link up complete, re-deployment for the continuation of the advance commenced. Within the British Commonwealth Brigade, 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Regiment" title="Middlesex Regiment">Middlesex Regiment</a> passed through and assumed the lead in the drive towards the Yalu River. The Americans reassembled and drove north to rejoin their regiment which returned to Pyongyang by the other route. The Australians, along with the 1 United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment</a> led by Lieutenant Colonel George Nielson, crossed the Taesong River and advanced towards Pyongyang.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chinese_entry">Chinese entry</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chinese entry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3RAR_village_(AWM_146980).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg/220px-3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg/330px-3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg/440px-3RAR_village_%28AWM_146980%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>Troops from C Company, 3 RAR, watch for the enemy while a village in the valley below burns in November 1950</figcaption></figure> <p>There were increasing concerns from the Chinese that the UN offensive would continue past the <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>, and cross into China. There were some deliberations in the UN forces, including General MacArthur, that war with China would be necessary and that since KPA troops were being supplied by bases in China, those supply depots should be bombed. However, US President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry Truman</a> and the other leaders disagreed, and MacArthur was ordered to be very cautious when approaching the Chinese border. Except on some rare occasions, UN bombers remained out of Manchuria during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 8 October 1950, the day after American troops crossed the 38th Parallel, the threat eventuated when Chairman <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> ordered the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>'s North East Frontier Force to be reorganised into the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then subsequently ordered the army to move to the Yalu River. Soviet aid was requested and the intervention was delayed while waiting for the requested help from the Soviets, with the planned attack postponed from 13 to 19 October. However, Soviet assistance was limited to providing air support no nearer than 60 miles (97 km) from the battlefront. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The PVA <a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea#Chinese_First_Phase_Campaign_(25_October-6_November)" title="UN offensive into North Korea">first engaged</a> UN troops on 25 October 1950, with 270,000 PVA troops under the command of General <a href="/wiki/Peng_Dehuai" title="Peng Dehuai">Peng Dehuai</a>, in the Battles of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Onjong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Unsan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a>. Following their initial intervention the PVA withdrew, with the UN offensive renewed on 24 November in what was called the <a href="/wiki/Home-by-Christmas_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Home-by-Christmas Offensive">Home-by-Christmas Offensive</a>. This triggered PVA to begin another offensive, called the Second Phase Offensive, which pushed the UN forces back in the west while in the east the UN forces were <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir">defeated at Chosin Reservoir</a>. The UN forces began a retreat from North Korea and by the end of the year held a line north of Seoul. On the east coast UN forces were <a href="/wiki/Hungnam_evacuation" title="Hungnam evacuation">evacuated by sea from Hungnam</a>. The PVA launched their <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">third Offensive</a> on 31 December, pushing back the UN forces and recapturing Seoul on 4 January. The UN began a series of counteroffensives beginning with <a href="/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(1951)" title="Operation Thunderbolt (1951)">Operation Thunderbolt</a> on 25 January, recaptured Seoul on 16 March in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Ripper" title="Operation Ripper">Operation Ripper</a> and advancing the UN lines north of the 38th Parallel in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rugged" title="Operation Rugged">Operation Rugged</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dauntless" title="Operation Dauntless">Operation Dauntless</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The PVA began a new <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Spring_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Spring Offensive">Spring Offensive</a> in April 1951 as the weather improved, also referred to as the Fifth Phase Offensive, with the intention of recapturing Seoul. The PVA launched a major assault between 22 and 25 April that resulted in a victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Battle of the Imjin River</a>. At the same time, the UN repelled PVA forces at Kapyong.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3_RAR_Korea_(AWM_P01813-449).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg/220px-3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg/330px-3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg/440px-3_RAR_Korea_%28AWM_P01813-449%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Members of 3 RAR move forward in 1951</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Kapyong">Battle of Kapyong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Battle of Kapyong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Battle of Kapyong</a></div> <p>PVA forces of the <a href="/wiki/118th_Division_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="118th Division (People's Republic of China)">118th Division</a> attacked the <a href="/wiki/Gapyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Gapyeong">Kapyong</a> Valley, and pushed ROK and New Zealand troops into retreat. Under heavy pressure, the ROKA <a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="6th Infantry Division (South Korea)">6th Division</a> broke, and the line collapsed. ROKA soldiers poured through a gap under protective covering fire from Australians who were holding their section of the line despite heavy pressure.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_(AWM_P04953).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_%28AWM_P04953%29.jpg/220px-Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_%28AWM_P04953%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_%28AWM_P04953%29.jpg/330px-Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_%28AWM_P04953%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Chinese_PWs_Battle_of_Kapyong_24_April_1951_%28AWM_P04953%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Chinese soldiers captured by Australians, 24 April 1951.</figcaption></figure> <p>Australian troops from 3 RAR, and Canadian troops from <a href="/wiki/Princess_Patricia%27s_Canadian_Light_Infantry" title="Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry">Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry</a> were ordered to halt this PVA advance. The mission of the men of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade was to block the two approaches to Kapyong. In only a few hours, they managed to prepare defensive positions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The PVA 118th Division engaged their two forward battalions on 23 April. In the early part of the battle the 1st Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment and the 16th Field Regiment of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal New Zealand Artillery">Royal New Zealand Artillery</a> were almost cut off. The resistance of forward positions, held by the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI), and 3 RAR, permitted the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment to withdraw. It moved into place to provide a reserve.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The initial PVA attack at Kapyong engaged 3 RAR on Hill 504. The PVA then struck at the Canadian front. Continued assaults by PVA troops kept up the attack throughout the night of 23 April. After a night of fierce fighting, <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a> Bernard O'Dowd who was <a href="/wiki/Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer Commanding">Officer Commanding</a> of A Company, 3 RAR, managed to get through on a <a href="/wiki/Radiotelephone" title="Radiotelephone">radio phone</a> to a general of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a>. The response given was that the attacking unit no longer existed, and that it had been wiped out the night before.<sup id="cite_ref-Kapyong2008_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kapyong2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PVA managed to infiltrate the brigade position by the morning of 23 April. The Australians and Canadians were facing the whole of the PVA 118th Division. The fighting eventually devolved, on both fronts, into hand-to-hand combat with bayonet charges. The Australians, facing <a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">encirclement</a>, were ordered to make an orderly fall back to new defensive positions late in the day of 24 April.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>2 PPCLI was completely surrounded. <a href="/wiki/Captain_(OF-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (OF-2)">Captain</a> Mills, in command of D Company, 2 PPCLI, was forced to call down artillery fire on his own positions on Hill 677 several times during the early morning hours of 25 April to avoid being overrun. It had to be resupplied by air drops during this desperate time.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By dawn the PVA attack on the Canadian position had abated, and in the afternoon of 25 April the road through to the Canadians had been cleared of PVA, at which time the 2nd Battalion was relieved. The 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery, also managed to withdraw and link up with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">US Army</a>'s 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion. These units provided close heavy gun support.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the withdrawal of the Australians, 4 men from B Company, 3RAR, formed a rearguard to hold off any <a href="/wiki/Flanking_maneuver" title="Flanking maneuver">flanking attacks</a>. The four Australians held off three waves of PVA soldiers, killing at least 25 and wounding many more. After two days and two nights of fighting, the Australians had recaptured their positions, at the cost of 32 men killed and 53 wounded. For this contribution of stalling the PVA advance, 3 RAR received a United States Distinguished Unit Citation. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_Fleet_3RAR_(AWM_083857).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg/220px-Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg/330px-Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg/440px-Van_Fleet_3RAR_%28AWM_083857%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>US General <a href="/wiki/James_Van_Fleet" title="James Van Fleet">James Van Fleet</a> inspects members of 3 RAR after awarding a Presidential Unit Citation to the Battalion in December 1952</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite their enormous advantage in numbers the PVA troops had been badly outgunned. Their courage and tenacity could not overcome the well-trained, well-disciplined and well-armed Australians and Canadians.<sup id="cite_ref-Kapyong2008_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kapyong2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For their conduct of this engagement, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-Colonel</a> Bruce Ferguson of Australia, and Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Stone of Canada were each awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For Stone, it was the second <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">bar</a> to the DSO he had first won during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Olive" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Olive">Operation Olive</a> in Italy in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Maryang_San_(Operation_Commando)"><span id="Battle_of_Maryang_San_.28Operation_Commando.29"></span>Battle of Maryang San (Operation Commando)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Battle of Maryang San (Operation Commando)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang_San" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Maryang San">First Battle of Maryang San</a></div> <p>The second major battle the Australians fought in 1951 was <a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando_(1951)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Commando (1951)">Operation Commando</a>. Operation Commando was the last major UN offensive thrust of the Korean War. It was an attack on a PVA <a href="/wiki/Salients,_re-entrants_and_pockets" class="mw-redirect" title="Salients, re-entrants and pockets">salient</a> in a bend of the <a href="/wiki/Imjin_River" title="Imjin River">Imjin River</a>, designed to prevent the PVA/KPA from interdicting the UN supply lines near Seoul. </p><p>By July 1951, 3 RAR had come under the control of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a>. Objectives of the 1st Commonwealth Division during Operation Commando, including the Australians, were Hill 355 and Hill 317. </p><p>The attack began on 3 October 1951 with the US <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_States)" title="I Corps (United States)">I Corps</a> (including four US Divisions, the 1st Commonwealth Division and the ROKA <a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="1st Infantry Division (South Korea)">1st Division</a>) seizing the <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Line" title="Jamestown Line">Jamestown Line</a> destroying elements of the PVA <a href="/wiki/42nd_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Army (People's Republic of China)">42nd Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/47th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="47th Army (People's Republic of China)">47th Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/64th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="64th Army (People's Republic of China)">64th Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/65th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Army (People's Republic of China)">65th Army</a>, and after five days of intense combat, eventually forcing the PVA into retreat. The operation was a success, and ended on 15 October, with a few hills south of the line still in PVA/KPA hands, requiring a follow-up operation (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Polecharge" title="Operation Polecharge">Operation Polecharge</a>). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_(AWM_157648).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png/220px-C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png/330px-C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png/440px-C_Coy_2_RAR_soldiers_on_The_Hook_Jun_1953_%28AWM_157648%29.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>Men from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="Royal Australian Regiment">Royal Australian Regiment</a>, June 1953.</figcaption></figure> <p>The official historian for the Korean War, Robert O'Neill, wrote of this battle: "In this action 3RAR had won one of the most impressive victories achieved by any Australian battalion. In five days of heavy fighting 3RAR dislodged a numerically superior enemy from a position of great strength. The Australians were successful in achieving surprise on 3 and 5 October, the company and platoon showed high courage, tenacity and morale despite some very difficult situations, such as that of D company when the mist rose on 5 October and those of B and C Companies when the weight of enemy fire threatened their isolation of Hill 317 on 7 October ... The victory of Maryang San is probably the greatest single feat of the Australian Army during the Korean War". </p><p>Australian casualties during Operation Commando were 20 dead and 89 wounded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Digging_in">Digging in</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Digging in"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After 1951, both sides were in a type of combat comparable to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in which men lived in <a href="/wiki/Tunnels" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunnels">tunnels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Redoubt" title="Redoubt">redoubts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sandbag" title="Sandbag">sandbagged</a> forts behind barbed wire fortifications. From 1951 to the end of the war, 3 RAR held trenches on the eastern side of the Commonwealth Division's positions in the hills northeast of the Imjin River. Across from them were heavily fortified PVA positions. </p><p>As the war continued, several other nations grew less willing to contribute more ground troops. Australia, however, increased its troop strength in Korea,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by sending <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">1 RAR</a>. This battalion arrived in Korea on 6 April 1952 and experienced its first major combat during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blaze" title="Operation Blaze">Operation Blaze</a> on 2 July.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1953, they were replaced by <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">2 RAR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1rarorg_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1rarorg-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAN_in_Korea">RAN in Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: RAN in Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMAS_Sydney_(R17)_(AWM_301423).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg/220px-HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg/330px-HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg/440px-HMAS_Sydney_%28R17%29_%28AWM_301423%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="994" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>HMAS <i>Sydney</i>, which served off Korea during 1951</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> vessels had been stationed in Japan following the Japanese surrender ending <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Following North Korea's invasion of the South, RAN vessels stationed in Japan were put on immediate alert. </p><p>On 29 June Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a> announced that the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Shoalhaven" title="HMAS Shoalhaven">HMAS <i>Shoalhaven</i></a>, stationed in Japan, and the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Bataan_(I91)" title="HMAS Bataan (I91)">HMAS <i>Bataan</i></a>, in Hong Kong would be placed under UN command in Korea. On 1 July, one day after President Truman committed American ground forces to Korea, the first Australian operation in Korea took place; HMAS <i>Shoalhaven</i> moved from Japan to Pusan escorting an American ammunition ship. On 27 July 1950, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Warramunga_(I44)" title="HMAS Warramunga (I44)">HMAS <i>Warramunga</i></a> was also deployed. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea#X_Corps_comes_ashore_(26-29_October)" title="UN offensive into North Korea">landing at Wonsan</a> on 26 October 1950, HMAS <i>Warramunga</i> provided gunfire support during the landing of US <a href="/wiki/X_Corps_(United_States)" title="X Corps (United States)">X Corps</a>, however the landing was unopposed as ROK forces had already captured the area on 11 October. During the mass evacuation of troops and refugees in the city of Hungnam in December 1950, HMA Ships <i>Bataan</i> and <i>Warramunga</i> assisted in the evacuation. In October 1951, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(R17)" title="HMAS Sydney (R17)">HMAS <i>Sydney</i></a> arrived in Korean waters to replace <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glory_(R62)" title="HMS Glory (R62)">HMS <i>Glory</i></a> for a three-month tour. Sydney carried two squadrons of <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury" title="Hawker Sea Fury">Sea Furies</a> – <a href="/wiki/805_Squadron_RAN" title="805 Squadron RAN">805 Squadron RAN</a> and <a href="/wiki/808_Squadron_RAN" class="mw-redirect" title="808 Squadron RAN">808 Squadron RAN</a>, and <a href="/wiki/817_Squadron_RAN" title="817 Squadron RAN">817 Squadron RAN</a> equipped with <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">Fireflies</a>. <i>Sydney</i> returned to Japan having lost only 9 aircraft, with 3 pilots killed, and having launched over 2,700 missions from her flight deck. Later in the war, 9 ships of the RAN participated in the naval blockade of <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAAF_in_Korea">RAAF in Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: RAAF in Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:77_Sqn_(AWM_JK1025).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg/220px-77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg/330px-77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg/440px-77_Sqn_%28AWM_JK1025%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>No. 77 Squadron pilots and Meteor aircraft in Korea</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_(7445443124).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg/220px-%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg/330px-%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg/440px-%ED%98%B8%EC%A3%BC%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0_%EC%B0%B8%EC%A0%84%EB%8F%99%ED%8C%90_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%89%EC%8B%9D_%287445443124%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="1513" /></a><figcaption>RAAF veterans of the Korean War participated a ceremony in Seoul, 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> was heavily involved in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a> during World War II. Following the Japanese surrender, No. 77 Squadron was selected as part of Australia's contribution to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and, after converting to P-51D Mustang fighters, arrived in Japan in February 1946. Occupation duties proved uneventful, and No. 77 Squadron was preparing to leave Japan for Australia when the Korean War broke out in June 1950. </p><p>No. 77 Squadron was committed to action over Korea as part of the UN forces, and flew its first ground attack sorties on 2 July 1950, making it the first UN unit to see action. </p><p>No. 30 Communications Flight, No. 491 (Maintenance) Squadron, and No. 391 (Base) Squadron were attached to the UN Command in Korea and grouped into <a href="/wiki/No._91_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 91 Wing RAAF">No. 91 (Composite) Wing</a> in October 1950. No. 91 Wing was based in <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Iwakuni" title="Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni">Iwakuni</a>, Japan. </p><p>No. 77 Squadron fully deployed to Korea in October to support the UN advance into North Korea but was withdrawn to Pusan in November in response to the PVA counter-attack. </p><p>The Squadron was withdrawn to Japan in April 1951 to re-equip with <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> jet fighters and returned to action with these new aircraft in July, where they met with greater success against the Soviet <a href="/wiki/MiG-15" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-15">MiG-15</a> pilots. However, the MiGs were still far superior to the Meteor. </p><p>Following heavy losses from MiG-15 fighters, No. 77 Squadron operated in the ground attack role from December 1951 until the end of the war; it remained in South Korea on garrison duties until returning to Australia in November 1954. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Sunchon">Battle of Sunchon</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Battle of Sunchon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Battle of Sunchon (air)</a></div> <p>The Battle of Sunchon was an air battle fought near the city of <a href="/wiki/Sunchon,_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunchon, North Korea">Sunchon</a> on 1 December 1951, 12 Gloster Meteor jets of the RAAF's No. 77 Squadron were attacked by 40–50 Chinese MiG-15s. Despite their Meteors having inferior maneuverability to the Soviet-built MiGs, the Australian pilots managed to score their first victories of the Korean War, for the loss of three aircraft. Accounts vary, with the Australians claiming at least 10 MiGs shot down, but Chinese and North Korean sources stated it was only one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airfields_used">Airfields used</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Airfields used"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daegu_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Daegu Airport">Taegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohang_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pohang Airport">Pohang</a> 10/50 11/50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonpo_Airfield" title="Yonpo Airfield">Yonpo Airfield</a>, North Korea 11/50 12/50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pusan_East_(K-9)_Air_Base" title="Pusan East (K-9) Air Base">Pusan East (K-9) Air Base</a> 12/50 04/51</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimpo_International_Airport" title="Gimpo International Airport">Kimpo</a> 7/51 03/54</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunsan_Air_Base" title="Kunsan Air Base">Kunsan</a> 3/54 10/54</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cessation_of_hostilities">Cessation of hostilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cessation of hostilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 November 1952, US President-elect <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> fulfilled a campaign promise by going to Korea to find out what could be done to end the conflict. The <a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a> was signed on 27 July 1953, by the UN, North Korea, and China, <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">President of South Korea</a> <a href="/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" title="Syngman Rhee">Syngman Rhee</a> refused to sign the agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Armistice Agreement was signed and the ceasefire came into effect the front line was back on approximately the 38th Parallel. Under the terms of the armistice a <a href="/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone">demilitarised zone</a> (DMZ) was established along the front line, presently defended by North Korean troops on one side and by South Korean, American, and UN troops on the other. The DMZ runs north of the parallel towards the east, and to the south as it travels west. </p><p>After the war ended, Australians remained in Korea for four years as military observers. Australia gained political and security benefits, the most important being the signing of the <a href="/wiki/ANZUS" title="ANZUS">ANZUS</a> Treaty with the United States and New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 17,000 Australians who served in Korea, casualties numbered more than 1,500, of whom 339 were killed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline_of_Australian_involvement_in_Korea">Timeline of Australian involvement in Korea</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Timeline of Australian involvement in Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>1950 </td> <td> <ul><li>25 June 1950 – <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a> crosses <a href="/wiki/38th_parallel_north" title="38th parallel north">38th Parallel</a>, invading South Korea.</li> <li>25 June 1950 – United Nations drafts <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 82">UNSC Resolution 82</a> calling for cessation of hostilities, and withdrawal of North Korean forces. Australia endorses resolution and offers military assistance.</li> <li>29 June 1950 – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">RAN</a> frigate <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Shoalhaven" title="HMAS Shoalhaven">HMAS <i>Shoalhaven</i></a> and destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Bataan_(I91)" title="HMAS Bataan (I91)">HMAS <i>Bataan</i></a>, are dispatched to Korea.</li> <li>2 July 1950 – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF</a> <a href="/wiki/P-51D_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51D Mustang">P-51D Mustangs</a> begin their first ground attack sorties in Korea.</li> <li>28 September 1950 – <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a> arrive in <a href="/wiki/Pusan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pusan">Pusan</a>, South Korea to provide Australia's main land force contribution, and is attached to the <a href="/wiki/27th_British_Commonwealth_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="27th British Commonwealth Brigade">27th British Commonwealth Brigade</a>.</li> <li>26 October 1950 – During the <a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea#X_Corps_comes_ashore_(26-29_October)" title="UN offensive into North Korea">landing at Wonsan</a> <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Warramunga_(I44)" title="HMAS Warramunga (I44)">HMAS <i>Warramunga</i></a> provided gunfire support during the landing of US <a href="/wiki/X_Corps_(United_States)" title="X Corps (United States)">X Corps</a>.</li> <li>October 1950 – UN Forces drive the KPA back beyond the 38th Parallel, and continue to pursue them.</li> <li>19 October 1950 – UN Forces <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">capture Pyongyang</a>.</li> <li>19 October 1950 – Chinese forces enter <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, joining the war on North Korea's side.</li> <li>25 October 1950 – <a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea#Chinese_First_Phase_Campaign_(25_October-6_November)" title="UN offensive into North Korea">First engagement</a> between UN and Chinese forces.</li> <li>5 November 1950 – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Battle of Pakchon</a> involving 3RAR is fought, resulting in a UN victory.</li> <li>2 – 24 December 1950 – <a href="/wiki/UN_Forces_retreat_from_North_Korea" title="UN Forces retreat from North Korea">UN Forces retreat from North Korea</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td> <ul><li>April 1951 – <a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron RAAF</a> is withdrawn to Japan to be refitted with <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> jet fighters.</li> <li>22–25 April 1951 – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Battle of Kapyong</a> involving 3RAR is fought, resulting in a decisive UN victory.</li> <li>July 1951 – No. 77 Squadron RAAF returns to air combat duties in Korea with Meteor jet fighters.</li> <li>July 1951 – Commonwealth forces in Korea form the <a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a>.</li> <li>October 1951 – Aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(R17)" title="HMAS Sydney (R17)">HMAS <i>Sydney</i></a> arrives in Korean waters where she will launch over 2,700 sorties over Korea, losing 9 aircraft with 3 pilots killed.</li> <li>October 1951 – <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">First Battle of Maryang-san</a> involving 3RAR is fought, resulting in UN victory.</li> <li>December 1951 – Meteors from No. 77 Squadron RAAF are involved in heavy dogfighting during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Battle of Sunchon</a>, claiming between 1–10 enemy, and losing 3 Meteors.</li> <li>December 1951 – No. 77 Squadron RAAF is withdrawn from air combat duties, unable to compete with better performing Soviet <a href="/wiki/MiG-15" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-15">MiG-15</a> jets.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td> <ul><li>March 1952 – <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a> (1RAR) arrives in Korea, boosting Australia's troop commitment.</li> <li>July 1952 – <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Forces_Korea" title="British Commonwealth Forces Korea">British Commonwealth Forces Korea</a> supersedes the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Occupation_Force" title="British Commonwealth Occupation Force">British Commonwealth Occupation Force</a>.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td> <ul><li>March 1953 – 1RAR's 12-month tour ends, replaced by <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a> (2RAR).</li> <li>24–26 July 1953 – 2RAR and 3RAR hold off a concerted Chinese attack against the Hook during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Battle of the Samichon River</a>.</li> <li>27 July 1953 – <a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a> is signed, ending hostilities in the Korean War.</li> <li>5 August 1953 – <a href="/wiki/Operation_Big_Switch" title="Operation Big Switch">Operation Big Switch</a> began, 21 Australian POWs returned.</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_in_the_Korean_War&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output 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(2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/cold"><i>In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia's Korean War</i></a>. Canberra: ANU Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.22459%2FIFTC.2019">10.22459/IFTC.2019</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781760462734" title="Special:BookSources/9781760462734"><bdi>9781760462734</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:216222906">216222906</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+from+the+Cold%3A+Reflections+on+Australia%27s+Korean+War&rft.place=Canberra&rft.pub=ANU+Press&rft.date=2020&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A216222906%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.22459%2FIFTC.2019&rft.isbn=9781760462734&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.anu.edu.au%2Fpublications%2Fcold&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralia+in+the+Korean+War" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1997" class="citation book cs1">Brown, Colin H (1997). <i>Stalemate in Korea and How We Coped:The Royal Australian Regiment in the Static War of 1952–1953</i>. Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9586693-9-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9586693-9-9"><bdi>978-0-9586693-9-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stalemate+in+Korea+and+How+We+Coped%3AThe+Royal+Australian+Regiment+in+the+Static+War+of+1952%E2%80%931953&rft.place=Loftus%2C+NSW&rft.pub=Australian+Military+History+Publications&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-9586693-9-9&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Colin+H&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralia+in+the+Korean+War" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForbes2010" class="citation book cs1">Forbes, Cameron (2010). <i>The Korean War: Australia in the Giants' Playground</i>. 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War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Australian units and formations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="Royal Australian Regiment">Royal Australian Regiment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">1 RAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">2 RAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">3 RAR</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Shoalhaven" title="HMAS 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongju" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Yongju">Yongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuam-ni" title="Battle of Chuam-ni">Chuam-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maehwa-san" title="Battle of Maehwa-san">Maehwa-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Kapyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">Maryang-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_order_of_battle" title="Korean War order of battle">Order of battle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_Australian_forces_during_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of battle of Australian forces during the Korean War">Australian Korean War order of battle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Casualties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Memorial_Cemetery" title="United Nations Memorial Cemetery">United Nations Memorial Cemetery</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/India_in_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="India in the Korean War">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Red_Cross_Hospital_68" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Red Cross Hospital 68">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORMASH" class="mw-redirect" title="NORMASH">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweden in the Korean War">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_German_Red_Cross_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="West German Red Cross Hospital">West Germany</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Political leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">rok</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" title="Syngman Rhee">Syngman Rhee</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Song-mo" title="Shin Song-mo">Shin Song-mo</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">usa</span></b></li> <li><b> <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">uk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">ca</span></b></li> <li><b> <a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Laurent" title="Louis St. Laurent">Louis St. Laurent</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">dprk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Hon-yong" title="Pak Hon-yong">Pak Hon-yong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Chaek" title="Kim Chaek">Kim Chaek</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">prc</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">ussr</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Malenkov" title="Georgy Malenkov">Georgy Malenkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military commanders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><span class="smallcaps">rok</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Hong-il_(general)" title="Kim Hong-il (general)">Kim Hong-il</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-oh" title="Kim Jong-oh">Kim Jong-oh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Il-kwon" title="Chung Il-kwon">Chung Il-kwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paik_Sun-yup" title="Paik Sun-yup">Paik Sun-yup</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">usa</span></b></li> <li><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a></span></b></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wayne_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wayne Clark">Mark Wayne Clark</a></span></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">dprk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Choe_Yong-gon_(official)" title="Choe Yong-gon (official)">Choi Yong-kun</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">prc</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Peng_Dehuai" title="Peng Dehuai">Peng Dehuai</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Geng" title="Chen Geng">Chen Geng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Hua" title="Deng Hua">Deng Hua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_order_of_battle" title="Korean War order of battle">Order of battle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">Republic of Korea Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_Australian_forces_during_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of battle of Australian forces during the Korean War">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Volunteer_Army_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese People's Volunteer Army order of battle">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations contingents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Eighth_Army_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Eighth Army Korean War order of battle">United States Eighth Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Seventh_Fleet_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle">United States Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean People's Air Force">Korean People's Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Course_of_the_war" title="Korean War">Military operations</a><br /> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/110px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" decoding="async" width="110" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/165px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Operation_Pokpoong" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pokpoong">Pokpoong</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuncheon" title="Battle of Chuncheon">Chuncheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">1st Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gorangpo" title="Battle of Gorangpo">Gorangpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kaesong%E2%80%93Munsan" title="Battle of Kaesong–Munsan">Kaesong–Munsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ongjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ongjin">Ongjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1950)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1950)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield" title="Battle of Suwon Airfield">Suwon Airfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Andong" title="Battle of Andong">Andong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Osan" title="Battle of Osan">Osan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongtaek" title="Battle of Pyongtaek">Pyongtaek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chonan" title="Battle of Chonan">Chonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chochiwon" title="Battle of Chochiwon">Chochiwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kum_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Kum River">Kum River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon" title="Battle of Taejon">Taejon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangju_(1950)" title="Battle of Sangju (1950)">Sangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongdong" title="Battle of Yongdong">Yongdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hwanggan" title="Battle of Hwanggan">Hwanggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadong_Ambush" title="Hadong Ambush">Hadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Notch" title="Battle of the Notch">Notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pusan_Perimeter" title="Battle of the Pusan Perimeter"><b>Pusan Perimeter</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Masan" title="Battle of Masan">Masan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_P%27ohang-dong" title="Battle of P'ohang-dong">P'ohang-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taegu" title="Battle of Taegu">Taegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="First Battle of Naktong Bulge">1st Naktong Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bowling_Alley" title="Battle of the Bowling Alley">Bowling Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Battle_Mountain" title="Battle of Battle Mountain">Battle Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kyongju" title="Battle of Kyongju">Kyongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haman" title="Battle of Haman">Haman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nam_River" title="Battle of Nam River">Nam River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ka-san" title="Battle of Ka-san">Ka-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabu-dong" title="Battle of Tabu-dong">Tabu-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongsan" title="Battle of Yongsan">Yongsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="Second Battle of Naktong Bulge">2nd Naktong Bulge</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Battle_of_Inchon_(September_1950)" title="Korean War">United Nations Command<br /> Counteroffensive</a></i><br /><small>(15 September – 30 October 1950)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon"><b>Inchon</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Second Battle of Seoul">2nd Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_282" title="Battle of Hill 282">Hill 282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">Pyongyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Yongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#China_intervenes_(October–December_1950)" title="Korean War">Chinese Intervention</a></i><br /><small>(25 October 1950 – January 1951)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Onjong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Unsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ch%27ongch%27on_River" title="Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River"><b>Ch'ongch'on River</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wawon" title="Battle of Wawon">Wawon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir"><b>Chosin Reservoir</b></a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Faith" title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">3rd Seoul</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaegunghyon" title="Battle of Chaegunghyon">Chaegunghyon</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_and_Second_Battles_of_Wonju" class="mw-redirect" title="First and Second Battles of Wonju">1st and 2nd Wonju</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Fighting_around_the_38th_parallel_(January–June_1951)" title="Korean War">Combat around the 38th parallel</a></i><br /><small>(January – June 1951)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(1951)" title="Operation Thunderbolt (1951)">Thunderbolt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundup_(1951)" title="Operation Roundup (1951)">Roundup</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Twin_Tunnels" title="Battle of the Twin Tunnels">Twin Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hoengsong" title="Battle of Hoengsong">Hoengsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chipyong-ni" title="Battle of Chipyong-ni">Chipyong-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Wonju" title="Third Battle of Wonju">3rd Wonju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuam-ni" title="Battle of Chuam-ni">Chuam-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Wonsan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Killer" title="Operation Killer">Killer</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ripper" title="Operation Ripper"><i>Ripper</i> (4th Seoul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maehwa-san" title="Battle of Maehwa-san">Maehwa-san</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Courageous" title="Operation Courageous">Courageous</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomahawk" title="Operation Tomahawk">Tomahawk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rugged" title="Operation Rugged">Rugged</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dauntless" title="Operation Dauntless">Dauntless</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_spring_offensive" title="Chinese spring offensive"><b>Spring offensive</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Imjin River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yultong" title="Battle of Yultong">Yultong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Kapyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Soyang_River" title="Battle of the Soyang River">Soyang River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_May%E2%80%93June_1951_counteroffensive" title="UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive">UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Aerial_warfare" title="Korean War">Air operations</a></i><br /><small>(1950–1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(Korean_War)" title="Operation Strangle (Korean War)">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Naval_warfare" title="Korean War">Naval operations</a></i><br /><small>(1950–1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Blockade of Wonsan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Stalemate_(July_1951_–_July_1953)" title="Korean War">Stalemate</a></i><br /><small>(July 1951 – 27 July 1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge" title="Battle of Bloody Ridge">Bloody Ridge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Minden" title="Operation Minden">Minden</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Punchbowl" title="Battle of the Punchbowl">Punchbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Heartbreak Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando" title="Operation Commando">Commando</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">1st Maryang-san</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haktang-ni" title="Battle of Haktang-ni">Haktang-ni</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polecharge" title="Operation Polecharge">Polecharge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="Second Battle of Maryang-san">2nd Maryang-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_Eerie" title="Battle of Hill Eerie">Hill Eerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Baldy" title="Battle of Old Baldy">Old Baldy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blaze" title="Operation Blaze">Blaze</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">White Horse Hill</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill" title="Battle of Triangle Hill">Triangle Hill</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="First Battle of the Hook">1st Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Second Battle of the Hook">2nd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chatkol" title="Battle of Chatkol">Chatkol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Outpost_Vegas" title="Battle for Outpost Vegas">Outpost Vegas</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill" title="Battle of Pork Chop Hill">Pork Chop Hill</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Third Battle of the Hook">3rd Hook</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Outpost_Harry" title="Outpost Harry">Outpost Harry</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kumsong" title="Battle of Kumsong">Kumsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Korean_War" title="Aftermath of the Korean War">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_(South_Korea)" title="Memorial Day (South Korea)">Memorial Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Casualties" title="Korean War">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War" title="War crimes in the Korean War">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War#Abuse_of_prisoners_of_war" title="War crimes in the Korean War">Prisoners of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Armistice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone">DMZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_DMZ_Conflict" title="Korean DMZ Conflict">Korean DMZ Conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Limit_Line" title="Northern Limit Line">Northern Limit Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration" title="Panmunjom Declaration">Panmunjom Declaration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_in_popular_culture" title="Korean War in popular culture">Popular culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_documentary_films_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of documentary films about the Korean War">Documentary films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_films" title="List of Korean War films">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of books about the Korean War">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_reenactment" title="Korean War reenactment">Reenactment</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H" title="M*A*S*H">M*A*S*H</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_television_series" title="List of Korean War television series">Television series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="North Korea–South Korea relations">North Korea–South Korea relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_conflict" title="Korean conflict">Korean conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_biological_warfare_in_the_Korean_War" title="Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War">Allegations of biological warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_and_British_defectors_in_the_Korean_War" title="List of American and British defectors in the Korean War">American and British defectors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_flying_aces" title="List of Korean War flying aces">Flying aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_Korean_War_on_the_economy_of_the_United_States" title="Impact of the Korean War on the economy of the United States">Impact on the economy of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blacklist_Forty" title="Operation Blacklist Forty">Operation <i>Blacklist Forty</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Glory" title="Operation Glory">Operation <i>Glory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Memorial_Cemetery" title="United Nations Memorial Cemetery">United Nations Memorial Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_weapons" title="List of Korean War weapons">Weapons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><i>See also:</i></li> <li><b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Korean_War" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Korean War">Korean War images</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Template:Cold_War" title="Template:Cold War"><span class="wrap">Cold War</span></a></b><br /></li></ul> <div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-bordered" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><span 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